Blackhawk Plaza, Danville
The women’s fashion boutique Alina B that left Broadway Plaza earlier this year has moved to Blackhawk Plaza in Danville. Check out their Facebook page here.
Blackhawk Plaza, Danville
The women’s fashion boutique Alina B that left Broadway Plaza earlier this year has moved to Blackhawk Plaza in Danville. Check out their Facebook page here.
Civic Park, Walnut Creek
The temporary ice skating rink Walnut Creek on Ice has opened for their tenth season in downtown Walnut Creek in Civic Park this past weekend. Check out the schedule and pricing here. The class schedule is here. Inside, Snowflake Cafe offers your typical food and drink menu such as pizza, hot dogs, coffee, and hot chocolate. Gliders made from PVC pipe are available for $5 for 30 minutes or $10 for an hour. 🙂 Lockers are available for $2 ($5 deposit is returned when key is returned.) Since there is no longer free street parking on Sundays finding a free spot is a harder than previous years.
Check out photos of the “cafe”, gliders, lockers and zamboni after the jump…
3559 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Novina Fine Jewelry is closing in downtown Lafayette after 20 years in business:
35-60% Off all fine jewelry, everything must go!
Photo by Flickr user pennstatelive
Activity Fair : Come Find Your Fun:
Ygnacio Valley Library
2661 Oak Grove Rd, Walnut Creek
Saturday, November 8th, 2014
12:00pm – 3:00pm | FreeDo you have a little extra time on your hands? Are you looking for new activities to try?
On Saturday, November 8, 2014 from 12pm to 3pm, Ygnacio Valley Library will offer an Activity Fair where adults can find out about fun and interesting activities they can try. Local groups will be on hand and available to introduce their organizations and their activities to interested members of the community.
Groups who will be there include: Walnut Creek Civic Arts, the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association, Yoga Nature Adventures, the Contra Costa Historical Society, Diablo Weavers, and others!
Come find your fun!
This program is free and open to all. Ygnacio Valley Library is at 2661 Oak Grove Road in Walnut Creek.
Park Plaza, Lafayette
The gluten-free bakery Mariposa, with locations in the Ferry Building in San Francisco and Oakland is opening a third store next spring right in downtown Lafayette in the new Park Plaza development, the same block where Squirrel’s Coffee Shop used to be. According to Inside Scoop, “Mariposa will occupy a 2,900-square-foot space in which it will run a retail café offering gluten-free baked goods (some of which will be baked on-site), as well as a seasonally changing selection of breakfast and lunch items, such as sandwiches.” Check out the article here.
From the Mariposa website:
Mariposa started in 2004 because founder Patti Furey Crane was gluten-intolerant, baking a lot of baked goods to satisfy her own cravings and there were few gluten-free artisan baked goods available on the market at that time.
This week we learned that downtown Walnut Creek was hosting food trucks for a special “Feastival” event one evening. Walnut Creek also has theBend, while Concord and Pleasant Hill has Off the Grid. Are there any others? I’m what wondering what your favorite food truck is for 2014?
Sweet Thursday with author Joe Di Prisco:
Lafayette Library and Learning Center
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
7:00pm – 8:00pm | FreeDi Prisco, local author of Subway to California, will discuss his highly acclaimed book in which he recounts his personal demons, bargains struck with angels, and family truces. With Subway to California, Di Prisco has created a richly colorful tale that reads like great fiction.
A free event; refreshments provided.
Check out how puny the old Pleasant Hill clock looked on the Clock Tower in downtown Pleasant Hill and you can appreciate what a difference it makes, nice!
Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek
Check out the latest progress on the Broadway Plaza redevelopment in downtown Walnut Creek. Compared to a couple of months ago, the new parking garage at left has been built, and the metal framing has started nearest to Nordstrom. At the far end you can see Macy’s with its new white exterior.
Walnut Creek Holiday Feastival:
Downtown Walnut Creek
1555 Mt. Diablo Blvd, 1350 N. Main St, 1403 N. Main St.
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
6:00pm – 8:00pmFood Trucks at 3 different locations in downtown. Great for a family outing or a midweek date night:
Canasta Kitchen
Ebbetts Good To Go
Union Bank
1555 Mt. Diablo BlvdTacos de los Altos
Yummi BBQ
Mechanics Bank
1350 N. Main StUnited Bites
Savourie Street
Jos. A Bank
1403 N. Main St (parking off Cypress St)